Senior Care Assistant

Avery Healthcare Group Ltd.; Lichfield; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider is seeking a Senior Care Assistant - Nights in Lichfield. You will be responsible for ensuring high standards of personal care for residents, monitoring their wellbeing, and collaborating with the care team. The successful candidate will need NVQ Level 3 or equivalent and at least 2 years' experience in a similar setting. This role offers a chance to be part of a dedicated team providing supportive and enriching care to residents.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years' experience working in a similar care environment.
• Must live values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable.

Responsibilities

• Monitoring the wellbeing of each resident and updating records.
• Being involved in person-centred care planning and evaluation.
• Supporting residents with medication requirements.
• Undertaking staff supervisions and supporting staff development.
• Acting as a key point of contact with all stakeholders.

Skills

Effective verbal and written communication skills

Positive attitude towards supporting and nurturing residents and staff

Responsive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities

Education

NVQ Level 3 or equivalent qualification in care for care homes

Job description

This role as a Senior Care Assistant - Nights at Avery Healthcare's Darwin Court Care Home in Lichfield involves supporting and working alongside the Care team to deliver high standards of personal care, providing a safe, caring, innovative, open, supportive, and inclusive environment for residents, visitors and staff.

Main duties of the job

Your focus as a Senior Care Assistant will be to support and work alongside the Care team to deliver high standards of personal care, providing a safe, caring, innovative, open, supportive, and inclusive environment for residents, visitors and staff. Other responsibilities include monitoring the wellbeing of each resident, being involved in the person‑centred care planning process, supporting residents with their medication requirements, undertaking staff supervisions, and acting as a key point of contact.

About us

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, with a vision of 'creating meaningful lives together'. They are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for their residents and team, offering exceptional care across their growing network of over 100 homes and building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.

Job responsibilities

• Monitoring the wellbeing of each resident, aware of any changes impacting care, ensuring new needs are met and records updated.
• Being involved in person‑centred care planning – implementing, monitoring, and evaluating monthly plans.
• Supporting residents with medication requirements.
• Undertaking staff supervisions and supporting staff development where required.
• Acting as a key point of contact with residents, relatives, visitors and health and social care professionals, ensuring requests are acted upon and concerns or complaints are escalated.

About you

To be successful, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent qualification in care for care homes.
• Minimum 2 years' experience working in a similar care environment.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Positive attitude towards supporting and nurturing residents and staff.
• Responsive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities.

Additional requirements

• DBS Disclosure check – cost met by Avery Healthcare.
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

Person specification

As a Senior Care Assistant, you will have a caring, supportive and accountable approach to your role, with the ability to adapt to changing duties and work effectively as part of a team.

Disclaimer

This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A submission for Disclosure must be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.